Compound feedingstuffs: marketing, tracing, labelling (amend. Directive 79/373/EEC)

In this amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs, the Commission has accepted four of the amendments proposed by the European Parliament relating to the following: 1) the introduction of a new paragraph relating to imposing on the manufacturer the obligation to keep all supporting documents required by the inspection authorities in order to verify the accuracy of declaration concerning the composition of compound feedingstuffs. This amendment reinforces the Commission's proposal; 2) facilitating labelling by making it possible to avoid having to change the labels if the manufacturer changes; 3) postponing until 01.01.2001 the implementation of the Directive, initially laid down as 30.06.2000. �